Here is the text of the message the Prophet Mohammad sent to the Julanda
brothers through the intermediary of his Messengers, 'Amr bin al-'As al-Sahmi
and Abu Zaid al-Ansari.

"Peace be upon the one who follows the right
path! I call you to Islam. Accept my call, and you shall be unharmed. I
am God's Messenger to mankind, and the word shall be carried out upon the
miscreants. If, therefore, you recognize Islam, I shall bestow power upon
you. But if you refuse to accept Islam, your power shall vanish, my horses
shall camp on the expanse of your territory and my prophecy shall prevail
in your kingdom."

[Photograph of the Arabic original (sizes 27K
or 772K) and the English text (31K)
as it is on display at Sohar Fort, Sultanate of Oman.]

The historian al-Baladhuri, writing barely two and half centuries after
the coming of the Messengers to Sohar, described the event in these terms:

"When the people of Oman shall have responded
to the evidence of truth and shall have promised obedience to God and His
prophet, then Amr, their Amir, and Abu Zayid would be made responsible
for conducting the prayers, for conveying Islam to the people and for
teaching them the Quran and the precepts of the religion."

Muslims in the West often claim that Islam stands for "no compulsion in
religion". Is not the sunna of their own prophet contradicting them?